cauchemarder
French edit
Etymology edit
From cauchemar.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
cauchemarder
- to have a nightmare
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cauchemarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cauchemarder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cauchemardant /koʃ.maʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cauchemardé /koʃ.maʁ.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/ |
cauchemardes /koʃ.maʁd/ |
cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/ |
cauchemardons /koʃ.maʁ.dɔ̃/ |
cauchemardez /koʃ.maʁ.de/ |
cauchemardent /koʃ.maʁd/ |
| imperfect | cauchemardais /koʃ.maʁ.dɛ/ |
cauchemardais /koʃ.maʁ.dɛ/ |
cauchemardait /koʃ.maʁ.dɛ/ |
cauchemardions /koʃ.maʁ.djɔ̃/ |
cauchemardiez /koʃ.maʁ.dje/ |
cauchemardaient /koʃ.maʁ.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cauchemardai /koʃ.maʁ.de/ |
cauchemardas /koʃ.maʁ.da/ |
cauchemarda /koʃ.maʁ.da/ |
cauchemardâmes /koʃ.maʁ.dam/ |
cauchemardâtes /koʃ.maʁ.dat/ |
cauchemardèrent /koʃ.maʁ.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | cauchemarderai /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁe/ |
cauchemarderas /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁa/ |
cauchemardera /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁa/ |
cauchemarderons /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
cauchemarderez /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁe/ |
cauchemarderont /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cauchemarderais /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
cauchemarderais /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
cauchemarderait /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
cauchemarderions /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cauchemarderiez /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁje/ |
cauchemarderaient /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/ |
cauchemardes /koʃ.maʁd/ |
cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/ |
cauchemardions /koʃ.maʁ.djɔ̃/ |
cauchemardiez /koʃ.maʁ.dje/ |
cauchemardent /koʃ.maʁd/ |
| imperfect2 | cauchemardasse /koʃ.maʁ.das/ |
cauchemardasses /koʃ.maʁ.das/ |
cauchemardât /koʃ.maʁ.da/ |
cauchemardassions /koʃ.maʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ |
cauchemardassiez /koʃ.maʁ.da.sje/ |
cauchemardassent /koʃ.maʁ.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/ |
— | cauchemardons /koʃ.maʁ.dɔ̃/ |
cauchemardez /koʃ.maʁ.de/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cauchemarder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.